Category 6 For Hurricanes Proposed as Storms Continue to Become More Intense, Life-Threatening
Climate scientists are proposing adding a sixth category to describe the most intense, life-threatening hurricanes as storms continue to grow stronger.
The hypothetical Category 6 would apply to storms with wind speeds over 192 miles per hour. Under the current standards, storms with winds of 157 miles per hour or higher are considered a Category 5.
But Michael F. Wehner, a climate scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and James P. Kossin, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate and hurricane researcher, say the current open-ended Saffir-Simpson model is “inadequate” and may cause residents to underestimate the most dangerous storms.
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